One type of Google doc is called Forms and coordinate with Google spreadsheet. The form acts as a questionnaire and the spreadsheet holds the responses to the questions. The form part is very easy to setup and the spreadsheet is automatically created for you. This app has many applications in education from quick formative assessments after a lesson to quizzes to surveys. Watch the 2 videos below. The video on the left is a Google introduction to forms for a business survey and the video on the right shows you how to create a quiz with Google Docs. Once the form has been created you can email it to students or you can make a link to it on your webpage. As an added bonus in addition to using a computer to answer the form questions you can also use any smartphone. What this mean is that your students can use their iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry, or other smart phones to respond.
Google Forms (surveys)
One type of Google doc is called Forms and coordinate with Google spreadsheet. The form acts as a questionnaire and the spreadsheet holds the responses to the questions. The form part is very easy to setup and the spreadsheet is automatically created for you. This app has many applications in education from quick formative assessments after a lesson to quizzes to surveys. Watch the 2 videos below. The video on the left is a Google introduction to forms for a business survey and the video on the right shows you how to create a quiz with Google Docs. Once the form has been created you can email it to students or you can make a link to it on your webpage. As an added bonus in addition to using a computer to answer the form questions you can also use any smartphone. What this mean is that your students can use their iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry, or other smart phones to respond.A free TeacherTube account will be required to view the video below. Go to TeacherTube.com if you do not have an account.
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Google help on Forms
Good tutorial on Google Forms
Google help on Forms
Good tutorial on Google Forms